One of the most interesting phenomena in Tajikistan the general public’s perception of the world. The sad fact is that we have been cut from the rest of the world for more than 70 years and now that we have the freedom to go on and explore, we find ourselves in the mental prison […]
Today president Rahmon met with Tajik entrepreneurs (rus) in Kohi Vahdat and discussed with them their problems and future plans. As I was informed, this meeting lasted for about four hours. President attentively listened to the complaints and questions of the entrepreneurs after making a long speech about development of entrepreneurship in Tajikistan and […]
Tajikistan is trying to put a ban on witchcraft and fortune-telling.
“Those indulging in sorcery and fortune-telling shall be fined between 30 and 40 times the minimum monthly wage (85 to 113 pounds),” says the text of a draft law backed by the lower chamber of the Tajik parliament on Wednesday and obtained by Reuters.
I […]
The cotton harvest is both a source for revenue and agony. This being said that revenue only for some people and agony only for others, both do not know about each other. This is what happening in Tajikistan at present day. Local officials in the areas, where cotton is grown, force local people to […]
So, I’m usually not for posting about conspiracies, but this one here caught my attention. I got sent an email with a link to this page (Webpark.ru). It contains quite a lot of pictures, such as the one posted above.
What you can see are photos taken in March 2005. They show a crashed Antonov-24, flying […]
Nowadays all of Tajik society is obsessed with “social reforms” on the regulation of traditions and customs, says st_george (rus). It looks like a great competition. Obviously, the governmental officials and those who head the key organizations in the country are the first who want to gain the lead in the competition in order […]
Originally posted on Global Voices
Once Turkmenistan’s former dictator Saparmurat Niyazov, or Turkmenbashi (”Father of all Turkmens”), died last December, the other Central Asian strongmen stood suddenly deprived of the “ne plus ultra of Central Asian dictators.” As such, Ian of Beyond The River says…
…the other leaders could always point to him when poked in […]
On 21st of October, the presidential candidates, besides the incumbent Rahmonov started their pre-election tour in the regions of Tajikistan, reports AsiaPlus.
The most interesting thing in this news is that all of them are going to the regions together. They will meet the same people, at the same time and at the same place. […]
Recently BBCRussian.com published an article, titled “Tajiks are asked to put their golden teeth on the shelf” (Таджиков попросили положить золотые зубы на полку). The title of the article seems weird but it caused lots of discussions in the web. Many Russian websites just copy pasted the article without mentioning the source and the […]
The British visa application rules for the citizens of Tajikistan have been changed. The information agency REGNUM reports that from 22nd of August the Tajik citizens who live inside the country will apply for British visas in Almaty and Moscow. Previously Tajik applicants had to go to Tashkent (Uzbekistan) which was more problematic because […]
